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Episode 29: A Pattern of Jail Deaths in Upstate New York—and Across the Country
22 minutes Posted Feb 7, 2019 at 11:00 am.
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About 1,000 people die in U.S. jails every year. But Erie County, New York, is an outlier, with 24 such deaths since Timothy Howard took over as sheriff in 2005. This week, we’re going to talk with Appeal contributor Raina Lipsitz about what's happening in Erie County and what it tells us about the broader problem of people dying in jail.